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High&Low The Movie (2016)

High&Low The Movie poster
Original title
HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE
Directed by
Shigeaki Kubo
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 10m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film focuses on five rival gangs that control a territory called SWORD. A large ensemble cast follows the conflicts and alliances between these groups.

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What happens

High&Low The Movie (stylized as HiGH＆LOW THE MOVIE) is a 2016 Japanese action film directed by Shigeaki Kubo. The film's ensemble cast includes a large number of members of the Exile Tribe, Takanori Iwata, Akira, Sho Aoyagi, Takahiro and Hiroomi Tosaka for instances, but also actors like Kento Hayashi, Masataka Kubota, and Yuki Yamada. It is the first original film of the High&Low franchise, which follows the story of television series High&Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. The film continues to tell the stories of the five gangs that control the SWORD area. It was announced on 11 August 2015 as the centre of the High&Low entertainment project when the project was announced. High&Low The Movie premiered in Tokyo on 4 July 2016 with more than 50 people appeared on its stage greeting event in Tokyo International Forum and was released in Japan by Shochiku on 16 July 2016. The film was released in South Korea on 12 January 2017 and in Taiwan on 20 January 2017. To celebrate the release of the film, 36 actors and singers, who took part in the High&Low project, participated in a series of stage greetings events held in 143 cinemas in all 47 prefectures of Japan in 3 days. It grossed ¥2.1 billion and attracted 1.6 million audiences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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